IBM faced greater risk of supply disruption as sourcing activities stretched further and became more complex. No single tool gave the company the comprehensive analysis and protection it wanted, so it developed its own.

IBM faced greater risk of supply disruption as sourcing activities stretched further and became more complex. No single tool gave the company the comprehensive analysis and protection it wanted, so it developed its own.

The company's ERP system wasn't able to support a mobile operation that could lead to greater picking accuracy in the warehouse. Here's how it solved the problem, without busting the bank on a full-blown WMS application.